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   Liam O'Connor to Jolly Roger   
   Re: Finally, California drivers can read   
   28 Feb 14 19:51:52   
   
   XPost: comp.mobile.ipad, comp.mobile.android   
   From: liamoconnor@example.com   
      
   On 1 Mar 2014 03:24:19 GMT, Jolly Roger wrote:   
      
   > Until there is a way to measure it, you're question has no sufficient   
   > answer.   
      
   Hmmmmmm....   
      
   Why can't we find charts of overall cell phone ownership in the last   
   (say) ten years.   
      
   And then we overlay overall accident statistics onto that same timeline?   
      
   I'm guessing there will be a DROP in accidents, but, even if it rises,   
   I'm guessing that the rise will not even be close to that of the   
   cellphone useage.   
      
   Which would mean, even if it rises, that it's only a teeeny tiny   
   percentage of people who are having accidents due to cellphone   
   use, yet, the entire populace is under the legal restrictions   
   which, up until yesterday, included turning them into criminals   
   for using GPS in California while stopped on a road checking   
   for a way around traffic in LA.   
      
   Using pure logic, these cellphone laws would make absolutely no   
   sense, if what I think true statistics will show.   
      
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